Meet, greet, and dine with Andy Bechtolsheim at SC08

Got a hole in your dance card at SC08? No, well you might want to make one. insideHPC’s buddy Rich Brueckner over at Sun’s HPC Watercooler sent us this bit of news

Sun is looking for new HPC customers. If you are not currently doing business with Sun for HPC solutions, have I got a deal for you!

You are invited by Sun Microsystems to attend a luncheon on November 18, 2008 at 12pm Austin time to meet with Andy Bechtolsheim, Sun’s Co-founder, HPC Chief Architect and Senior Vice President. Andy will be speaking to a select group of individuals on the evolution of interconnects, as well as, how Sun addresses all of your HPC storage requirements with open storage products and platforms including SSD, Flash, and Lustre. Listen to an interesting discussion, talk to your peers, and enjoy delicious food.

Do not miss out on this opportunity, there is limited availability. To participate in this luncheon, register yourself at https://www.suneventreg.com//cgi-bin/register.pl?EventID=2448. You will then be sent a confirmation email and further information on where to meet to take a shuttle bus to Roy’s Restaurant Austin at 340 2nd Street for this luncheon.

Current Sun HPC customers are invited to join Andy and many other HPC luminaries at the Sun HPC Consortium, which takes place just prior to SC08 in Austin, Texas.

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